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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 07:54 PM) He skated at the guy and bumped him. Given how loose they were calling everything for the rest of the series, I'm surprised they're being this ticky-tack for Game 6. The hawks are dominating so far and it'd be 1-0 without a weak penalty call. This is more weak s*** from the NHL trying to make as much money on as many games as possible.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:42 PM) Any chance that we can pay for a hitting coach to win this thing, so he can go and talk to him? Maybe we can get the author of this book to give him a personal lesson.

The red sox have a deep system because they spend money on the draft. When we figure that out, we will replenish our system and become a force again. Our division is figuring this out. Maybe at some point someone in our organization will as well.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 02:15 PM) Kevin Moran http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/m...an_kevin00.html Love that nearly 8 ERA this year.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 11:59 AM) I'll probably get flamed for this, but if someone offered up a couple of nice prospects for Mike Caruso ERRRR... Gordon Beckham, I hope KW pulls the trigger. Seriously. He could end up being like Mike Caruso for real. Remember how popular Brandon Mc Carthy was? Didn't he land us John Danks and Nick Masset? That trade was unpopular at the time, but I think KW won in the end. Maybe it'll be a similar scenario. First of all, we get it that you think that Beckham is Caruso considering that you do the same goofy little strikeout thing already a few times. Secondly if you know anything about Caruso you will realize that its a bad comparison to Gordon unless he is abusing something that we dont know about outside of baseball. Caruso self destructed. Gordon has hit pretty much everywhere he went. There are plenty of players in the majors who have went on to successful careers who have struggled early. Take a look at Mike Schmidts first years in the league. Not saying he is going to be anything even in the shadow of a Mike Schmidt but maybe we give him a bit before we dump him off for specs. This team is moving into the rebuilding mode then we need young cheap talent that we can work with. Dumping a guy on his lowest value is absolutely silly.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 06:22 PM) Let's just hope whoever we draft doesn't get interviewed by Hawk and Stone and say that he loves to backdoor guys. This f***ing team makes it hard to like it from an organizational standpoint at times.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 04:42 PM) According to Merkin, White Sox prepare to draft signable college pitcher and then tell fan-base that's he's an impact type. I guess our franchise wants to transform into the Baltimore Orioles of the AL Central. I am so glad that we have Lance Broadway III waiting in the wings.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 06:42 PM) After hearing Stone and Hawk talk, the White Sox will never take a high school pitcher with their first pick. As long as they don't go with the safe broadway/mcullough clone I will be fine. You need to start to get some impact players, because impact type talent is hard to find.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 09:34 PM) all I can say is this officiating needs to really be investigated and it is making these games unwatchable Usually in hockey games, penalties are rarely so one way. Hell, usually there are some makeup calls to even things up. Its not even close now. I watched a guy get call for a charge when the official had to watch through pronger clubbing a player to see the charge. Well its a 5 on 3 now...time to make it happen.

A f***ed up bounce and its 4-1. We keep holding the puck, taking forever to shoot. Its like they are gunshy. Just f***ing put it in on net, things happen. See the previous goal.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) Hawks looks terrible...can't control the puck and are running all over the f***ing place... finally Sharpie!! Nobody is f***ing defending. Giroux is right at the goalmouth.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 07:48 PM) f*** - hawks down 2 now One goal on the phantom penalty that the Hawks got called on. And the other on a s***ty clearance.

s***ty clearance creates a goal. They are attacking the goal, and we are whiffing on shots getting too f***ing cute. Pucks at the goal get rebounds. Maybe we can learn that again.

Our power play has been s*** the entire finals. Too much cute s***. Just get it to the net and drive.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 07:32 PM) The league wants it to go 7 and it's obvious. When Madden got warned for the snow shower you know the fix is on. The flyers can shatter sticks, club people in the head nothing. We far near one of their players and its the power play.

The f***ing fix is on.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 08:48 PM) When will Kenny light the fuse on this team? He isn't going to fire any coaches because they are not at fault. He isn't going to sell off because of the worry that it might affect what little walk up he has. He will make some dumb move in the next few weeks as a desperation move to "compete" for this year. Hopefully he doesn't trade anything of value that will affect our future. If he does trade something, it will be after the waiver trade dead line and it will get us scraps at best. Lets pray that he doesn't revert to Broadway types with these great draft picks. This is what its like to be the Baltimore Orioles of a few years ago.

Pronger trips a hawk right in front of the ref. No call.

In the end its natural ability plus preparation plus effort/will that will separate one from the other through life. This applies to sports as well as education as well as life in general. Competition is a natural part of life. Failure is also part of how we advance and learn. Its how we adapt or don't adapt when we experience personal failure that determines how far we go. Parents always try to shield their children from pain. But at times you have to sit and watch it, uncomfortably and use your experience and compassion to help teach a lesson in life to a child. Everyone is not super at everything, no matter how we all want it to be. Celebrate their successes, help them get through their defeats, and in the end help them to strive to get better at everything they do. You can't stop every fall or hurt that your child will go through. You just need to help them understand that this is part of life, and if anything it may motivate them to practice more, study more, and get better through hard work and the will to get better. Competition in the end can bring the best out of you.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 10:59 AM) If it means the Red Sox pick up most or all of his contract and they don't force Viciedo up when he's not ready, I say- why not? It's not like he's forced to be here the next 4 years. How is Viciedo any bearing on this decision. Morel is playing 3rd in AAA. They can run Nix and Omar out there if need be. Save the money and use it on the draft and on the international signing period.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 10:31 AM) http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/news/...ce=MLBHeadlines Another reason why it might be time for Hahn to be in charge instead of Kenny. This organization is going to be in a bad place unless we invest heavily in the draft, and on our own development. Not picking up older players for some mythical run. Save the money and use it on draft picks next week. And before someone chimes in with the inevitable, well draft picks rarely pan out. Yes they do, but prospects are the currency of future trades. Either you develop them for the replenishment of our own team, or you use them to acquire talent later.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 1, 2010 -> 10:44 PM) And why are you second guessers ignoring the Lexi at bat?? Don't just skip over that one and go to Omar. Why is Lexi being skipped over here? Because it's easy to point to .... oooh Ozzie didn't pinch hit for Omar. Greg, let me introduce you to the principle of Occam's razor. Feliz is a pitcher who has some odd splits. Lefties only hit .106 against him, and have a terrible .313 OPS against him. Righties on the other side hit .293 with a .868 OPS. So if lefties are basically automatic outs, and righties hit him pretty well. Which one exactly would you rather have up there. Now thats before we add the 43 year old slow bat of light hitting Omar Vizquel who is already questioning if he should retire at the end of the season. Now if you can't see that was a poor matchup then I don't know how to help you.

So it took a player getting put on his ass right in front of the ref before they blew the whistle. Well lets go boys, lets take advantage of this.

I wonder if we are ever going to be on the power play.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 31, 2010 -> 10:50 AM) YUes, you are right the rumor has been floated. I would bet we have heard the PK rumor for several years every year. I heard it Saturday on ESPN BBTN, but several names pop up. Why not add J Dye to the list? Well Dye is not a first baseman, and he hasn't played competitive baseball since late September. How long will it take him to get into baseball shape, and how long will it take before he can hit MLB pitching. These guys don't have a switch they just flip on. They need to prepare and get ABs. It would be about a month minimum before Dye could start facing major league pitching. Or they could get a guy second in the league with 14 homers for a team starving for power. Moreno would choose Konerko over Dye.